Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-09
PReH1B1r1oN1srs IN CONVENTION.

second WaYS session Of the KrOm1UA~
 tiOnist Convention at the Atheneum-
 Both of the Old Parties verely
 Criticised - Various Reports - The
 Platform-DelegatesK Elected.
 The second days session of the prohibit tioEist convention was held yesterday. It opened at 10 o'clock, the Rev. MT. Smith leading in prayer, followed by singing.
 Rev. Mir. Delano, the temporary chairman, called for the reports of committees and the committee on permanent organization pre- sented the following names: Chairman, Rev. s. B. Forbes of Rockville; vice presidents, Rev. F. Sanders, Rev. J. Ogden Kern, New Haven county; Hon. E. H. Palmer, New London county; Rev. J. s. Perry, Windham county; P. M. Augur,e Middlesex county; Milford s. Bailey, Fairfield county; T. G. Hodgson, Holland county; Rev.G. A. Graves, Hartford county; secretaries, Rev. H. G. Smith and F. M. Hopkins.
 On taking the chair MT. Forbes made an address in which he thanked the delegates for the compliment rendered him and plead eloquently for the cause of prohibition. He said he saw an editorial in the New York Independent last September which was headed up, "The Collapse of the Third Par ty." ;fWeIl,' said the speaker, Eff it be true LlhG bn0 uodA bAOAC oAo O good many of us here among the corpses. There is an awful lot of life in this eeting for a dead party" MT. Forbes then went on to eulogize the various prominent tenn perance workers who were in the hall. Rev. NIT. Delano, Col. Cheves and others came in for good share of his praise. He also had 8 word or two to say about Rev. E. w. Hail. I lard of Plymouth, who was up at the legisla- ! ture working for temperance legislation, back ed by the Congregational conference of the State. MT. Haillard's report about what he \ SAW at Hartford was to the effect that abso- | lutely nothing was done by the legislature to | aid the cause of temperance. The speaker | then went on to pay his respects to the | woman workers in the cause. His wife had ! been one of the delegates to the Women's Christian Temperance union at Nashville, and had noted the work of Miss ! Willard, the president of the union, and | Miss Lathrop. Both these ladies were eulo- | eized He said that Miss Willard's address ' upon her election as president of the union | was looked for with more intense interest by ! the politicians than was Prssi dent Cleve- \ lands annual message, because it was vast | ly more important State document. This was of course received with great enthusi- asm by the delegates.
 ''There is Republican party, too, he I continued 'I don't like to say anything | against it, because labored in it for years. | \ interest had taken it in hand and made a | cradle of it. The head of the cradle is high tariff board and the foot low tariff board. \ On one side is high license plank and the | other an anti, saloon plank-on hinges 80 that it can work up and down. There is one very much alive principle, that of eternal | hostility to the liquor traffic. It has knocked \ at the door of the Democratic party and the l door was slammed in it's face. It knocked at | the Republican door and in the person ot | Miss Willard entered into the committee ! room at the last Republican convention, but | it was hissed and voted down in the conven- \ tion. But the principle has been taken up | by the third party and is marching on tc ! victory"
 The committee on organization reported g | plan which it submitted to the convention \ The first clause provided for State central l committee of eight, one from each county | instead of twenty-four, as at present. The plan was referred to a special committee. The committee on credentials filed it's re- | port, the reading of which partly dis pensed with. One statement was that the party was misrepresented in 96 of the 167 towns in the State.
 \ Mrs. Virginia T. Smith, of Hartford, next made an address which was listened to witt close attention. Rev. MK Haillard, of Ply ! mouth, also addressed the convention. Ht arraigned the Republican party.
 \ At the afternoon session the following res olutions were adopted
 We the members of the prohibition party of the State of Connecticut in convention assembled, rec ognzing our responsibility to Almighty God and tC country, for the principles and methods of our political action, do declare our belief in the follow Resolved, Tha we deem the prohibition of th' traffic in intoxicating liquors as beverage to b. the most important political issue of to-day. | Resolved, That we believe in the necessity and
 wisdom of attempting to secure this result througl we nNfs Pha Phe Pedsa tS A all citizens who believe in principles and ou | Resolved That since the national prohibition
 party is the only party thus pledged, we maintain | hibition can be maintained only by national proh \ bition. :
 Resolved That we resent bold and open attempt
 of the liquor party to destroy the American Sunda
 in some of the States with the speciou
 the et essatnFe Of 6s safe G
 jecting bill for the suspension of the dram shops \ bill which supported by the best statesmen o the State irrespective of party, confirms us in th
 belief of the necessity and wisdom of third partl ' action.
 \ Resolved, That while we concede to others tn
 same liberty of opinion that we claim for ourselve
 ing whereby the principles may be infringed. Resolved, That the success of national prohbi
 be brought to bear upon the indulgence and con
 science of the people, and therefore
 competent prohibition lecturers as cal
 be secured, that every town and village may lear
 from the platform; g that appreciate the grea \ services rendered to the cause by the Voice, tn
 hepe for an Extension of their WefaPep We ar
 especially grateful for the work done by our owl
 claims upon all our citizens-it deserves
 @ ssn thnt to +Ssss tn
 and to prepare the way for thorough organization \ we recommend the formation of prohibition part
 cities and the full equipment of them with the val
 uable literature of the party. We also encourag
 the prosecution of the tent work which has been E \ successfully inaugurated in the States.
 (D That as our hearts are enlisted in this patri
 thrift, purity and happiness of OUT homes
 ought to give iberally of our money time and iI
 ic is driven from our borders ~ O e' | Reso olved. That we heartily commend the work c
 the suppression of the liquor trafic, and recogni;
 ing the desire of many that woman should have tn
 ballot and that the question involved is of
 present interest. in favor Of submitting it \ a vote of the people on it's merits
 sacrifice and his lifelong devotion to our caus1
 champion; an anequalled orator and debater;
 forceful and trenchant writer; sagacious politi
 ples, and withall a noble type of Christian ma1
 hood. And while we bow in humble submission ! will gather renewed inspiration, and we here tak
 increased devotion to a cause for which he rel
 prohibition in the decision of the Supreme court
 btion Legislation and deciding most clearly in fave
 of the States the ve1ed question of compensation. \ Delegates to the national convention wer
 elected as follows: Delegates at large, Joh
 B. Smith, New Britain; Mrs. s. B. Forbes
 Rockville; George P. Rogers, New London
 Rev. s. M. Hammond, Derby. Alternatei
 Rev. H. s. Smith, Windsor; Mrs. L. H. Wast
 ington, Essex; W. s. Bartley, Norwalk; Rev J. R. Stubbert, Putnam.
 ! Delegates by counties-Hartford, T. S
 Read of Enfield; New Haven, F. O. Bradle
 of North Haven; Middlesex, E. c. Barton C
 Chatham; Holland, s. B. Forbes of Vernon
 Litchfeld, Edward Manchester of Winches
 ter; Fairfield, A. Morehouse of DanburJ
 Windham, M. Knowlton of Windham; Ne
 London, Stephen Crane of Norwich Alter
 mates, R. M. Stanley of Manchester Rev.
 R. Wheeler of Madison, T. P. Fordham (
 Essex, Smith s. Talcott of Vernon Rev. F
 F. Kidder of Litchfeld, F. L. Comstock c
 New Canaan, Allen B. Lincoln of Windha1
 and A. c. Keigwin of Griswold.
 In the evening the convention came to
 close. At this session all the seats were tax
 en. J. B. Smith called the convention t
 order. Prayer was offered by Rev. s. N Hammond, after which Mir. Durand sang
 solo. W. Jennings Demorest was the frs
 speaker, and he was followed by J. E. Jen
 kins of Wesleyan college, who said that tn
 party is looking to the future and not to tn \ w n RroxuY of vo1a on11aoa als